Tuesday, June 30, 2009

I LOVE LOVE LOVE root beer floats! Vanilla ice cream and root beer, so simple but so good! It's such a refreshing dessert on a hot summer night!

I make mine with low fat, sugar free ice cream and diet root beer and trust me...it tastes just as good as the more fattening version. Look, only 90 calories for 1/2 cup and the root beer is 0 calories!

You even get that nice foamy top!

Yep...It was good!!! Now, I'm curious, is this just an American dessert or do those of you in other countries also make these?

Updated to add: For those of you outside the U.S. that have never heard of root beer before, it's not really a beer, it's more like Coke (Coca-Cola) but with a different taste. It's a carbonated, non-alcholic beverage. I wish I could send you all a can, it's really good!

Cindy, i just love My Romatic Home. I am from Scotland and when I was a wee girl, I used to have a similar thing when we were on vacation. It was called an ice cream drink and my favourite was a ginger beer ( same as root beer) one.

I just love root beer!! I´m swedish and we don´t have that easy to get our hands on root beer. But I lived in the US in the late 80´s and fell in love with this beverage! In love with a drink*lol*. But sometimes they do sell it in the foodstore, and I make sure to buy a LOT! Root beer isn´t that popular over here...either you love it or hate it. Neither my hubby or my kids care for it so I do have it to myself...all to myself!

I´m definetly going to try this one out! It´s 86 degrees here at the moment (west coast), and were not used to it...the heatwave is going into it´s third week soon...and I do need cool drinks, an lots of them.

CindyWe don't really have them here in Canada at least not around where I live. I think years ago which is about the time we would have cherry cokes also. But not these days.Thats a great low cal version.have a great dayJudi

We love root beer, especially A&W, either at home by the case or in a cold frosty mug at our local A&W restaurants (ONtario. Canada). Tomorrow is Canada Day and I just may have to make some to help us celebrate!

I would a coke float right now - Did not even think about it till saw your post.:) I prefer coke over root beer. Thanks for visiting. The only good about this heat - it is keeping me from going to those great little shopping places.:)Glenda

I used to take our girls for an orange or root beer float on our little outings.I haven't made one for awhile though-but guilt free sounds good. Do you have any recipes for guilt free sticky date pudding with toffee sauce???Love the photos too.Carolyn

Hi Cindy,I'm not even sure we have root beer here in Australia-might have to check it out.We do have a drink here with coke & ice cream-we call it a spider.I much prefer rasberry soft drink(soda-i think you call it) & ice cream.Chris

I needed this refreshing idea. I've been trying for the past 3 months to live a sugar free life style.I've actually enjoyed creating new recipes, especially for desserts.My favorite is a chocolate mousse pie with a chocolate cookie crust. Topped with fresh raspberries from our garden.

That looks yummyyyyyyyyyy. Thankyou for letting me know what rootbeer is about as an Aussie I wasn't real sure.I remember when I was young,on friday nights, my dad( a non drinker)would often make us all one of these with cherrycheer(red creaming soda)soda and a big dollop of icecream as a friday night special.We would call it a 'soda spider' I think maybe because of the frothy bit on top looking like spider webs??Who knows?? all I know is it was one of my all time favourite drinks and memories with my dad.

Yummy, yum!! I love root beer floats, too! I'm on a low carb diet, so I just use Vons brand "Watchin' the Carbs" vanilla ice cream with the diet root beer. Your photos look so yummy. Can't wait to have one on the 4th. Thanks for sharing!

Cindy,A couple of weeks ago, I made the mistake of ordering a root-beer float from Sonic. I hadn't had one in ages! It was so hot, I didn't even want to eat on my lunch break! So I ordered one of those instead. Anyway, now I'm hooked! I have had 2 already this week and it is only Tuesday! LOL So much for the diet! When I saw your post I couldn't help but tell you about this! Yours does look a lot better in the float glass! I'm gonna have to try it. A diet root-ber float! I can't believe it!Hugs,Lee Laurie

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hi..i'm from malaysia.here root beer float is quite a well known dessert. when i was a little kid, we used to enjoy it in a fast food restaurant called A&W(it's their signature).Now it can be found anywhere from pushcart to hotels.

I'm a native Californian (who grew up going to the A&W!) and have a friend who came from Pittsburg, Pa. She thot root beer floats were the weirdest/yuckiest things..I'm not sure if they drink it there or not!

My husband made one of these the other day when I was at work! So, none for me. We have a local store that sells all kinds of old-fashioned root beers along with other bottled soda brands. It's very fun and they make root beer floats. I don't think they're diet ones, though. I think I'll put these items on my next grocery list.

Hello Cindy; I have always loved Rood Beer Floats since I was a small girl. And as a big girl I still love them. So with that kind of ice cream and o sugar pop yummy I am in for some yummy drink. thanks for sharing..

I have the diet root beer but not the ice cream, but I'm gonna get some tomorrow, this looks so good. I haven't had one of these in years. I also found it very interesting in reading the other comments that so many in other countries never heard of root beer or floats. We just take things for granted, huh?

I must try this..Anytime one can have sweets without all of the calories...it's a definite go!

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I had to laugh, because I did a root beer float post recently. Had people drooling on their computers too. LOL! Yours looks yummy too. I also had people in other countries asking about the root beer too. Not on my blog though. I think it was on the Stitch Along blog I am a part of.

I have always loved root beer floats, but I have never made them at home. I always get them from the Dairy Queen (root beer and frozen custard - mmmmmm). Now that I see how you make yours and they are so less fattening, I will definitely try them at home. By the way, your photographs are always so good -- what kind of camera do you use?

I worked in restaurants for years and people from Europe would often try root beer because they didn't have it back home. I never met a European during my restaurant days that liked it. Most of them said it tastes like the stuff the dentist gives you. Maybe fluoride? I'm not sure, but I heard over and over that it reminded them of the dentist. LOL

Yep, we call the float spider too here in Oz. I've had root beer, the very A&W ones, I often think root beer is very similar to Sarsparilla, only not as sweet. I love floats of all sorts, probably coke ones are the best.

I just had to tell you : i tried your recipe after reading it made me just crave a rootbeer float , i wanted to try your version & i gotta tell ya :even my hubby and 18 year old enjoyed , thanks Cindy for all your wonderful ideas.